Girl Crazy

…Garland and Rooney’s next film, Girl Crazy (1943), for which he had directed only the final musical number.

Taurog then inherited Girl Crazy (1943) from Busby Berkeley, who was released from the production early on but had already staged the acclaimed “I Got Rhythm” finale. It was the last film to feature Rooney and Garland as the leads, and it is in many ways their best,…

…Up the Band (1940), and Girl Crazy (1943). His production of Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) marked a turning point for Freed. It was the first in a string of influential musicals made with the Technicolor process and big-name casts. From 1944 to 1958, when he made Gigi, his…

…Barry Was a Lady (1943), Girl Crazy (1943), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), and Summer Holiday (1948); he also handled some of the choreography for Ziegfeld Follies (1945) and The Harvey Girls (1946).